Final round of pandemic treaty talks faces disputes on access and equity
Negotiators must juggle the promotion of health access and global equity with reaffirmation of nations' sovereignty.
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Negotiators must juggle the promotion of health access and global equity with reaffirmation of nations' sovereignty.
Negotiators and officials aim to wrap up so that May's 77th World Health Assembly can consider a proposed text.
WHO's chief warned that 'a torrent of mis- and disinformation' affects pandemic treaty negotiations restarting this week.
The World Health Organization's executive board began planning for the World Health Assembly.
Negotiators are expected to submit a draft pandemic accord to the 194-nation World Health Assembly for approval next May.
The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board urged more trust-building to boost monitoring, accountability and financing.
The co-chairs of a negotiating panel said there's been a healthy exchange of ideas and concerns among 194 nations.
The 76th World Health Assembly ended after moving to strengthen its budget and broaden access to health care.
The COVID-19 pandemic brought into sharp focus many of the world's glaring inequalities in health care and access to products such as vaccines, therapeutics and tests.
Nations appeased conservatives with a new strategy for HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections that omits a glossary of sexual health terms.
The World Health Assembly voted to condemn and call for an immediate end to Russia's military attacks on Ukraine's hospitals, clinics and ambulances.
The World Health Organization's governing body opened its weeklong annual meeting against a backdrop of financial tumoil and war in Europe.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus closed out the World Health Assembly with a warning against complacency and an appeal for a global pandemic treaty.
The coronavirus was likely transmitted initially from bats to humans through another animal and not from an accident in a Chinese lab, scientists reported.
Twenty five nations joined with the European Council and World Health Organization in making an "urgent call" for creation of an international pandemic treaty.
An expert panel faulted WHO along with China and other nations in a report that found numerous "lost opportunities" to try to head off the pandemic.